How pressure solution creep and fracturing processes interact in the upper crust to make it behave in both a brittle and viscous manner

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1189-1197

  Gratier, Jean Pierre ^a   Renard, François ^a   Labaume, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLUID ENHANCED DEFORMATION; PRESSURE SOLUTION CREEP; UPPER CRUST;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; KINETIC THEORY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; SOILS; STRESSES;

TECTONICS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CREEP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PRESSURE SOLUTION; UPPER CRUST; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032718928     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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